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						<center><font size="5">omaura oled software</font></center>
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							1. presentation<br>
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							2. interface<br>
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							3. customization<br>
							- config file structure<br>
							- script file structure<br>
							- theme structure<br>
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							4. links<br>
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						<font color="#ffffff">omaura - 2008</font>
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						<font size="4" color="#333333">1. presentation</font><br>
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						The omaura oled software is the interface and code that allowed the omaura oled hardware to work under windows environment. It permits to display the current informations of your mediacenter on a 256x64 pixels oled pannel.
						The current software works under:<br>
						- Microsoft Vista 32bits(versions including Microsoft Media Center),<br>
						- Microsoft Vista 64bits(versions including Microsoft Media Center),<br>
						- Microsoft XP Media Center Edition.<br>
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						The omaura oled software required Microsoft Framework 3.0 to function.<br>
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						<font size="4" color="#333333">2. interface</font><br>
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							The omaura oled software interface is based on WPF/C#, with this technology the interface can accept transparency properties and a lot of interface enhancement, such as fade in fade out by exemple. I hope you will appreciate the effort puts on the interface.<br>
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							Their are 4 main pages:<br>
							- status page:<br>
							This page contains the main informations of the omaura oled, like the status of the oled if he is connected or not, the USB/Com communication parameters (port number, data transfer speed, and status of the communication).<br>
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							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-status.JPG"></center>
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							- update page: <b>UNDER DEVELOPMENT</b><br>
							In this page you can check the availability of a new release of the software.<br>
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							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-update.JPG"></center>
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							- about page:<br>
							The update page permits you to access the current verison of your software, the link with the omaura web site, the link with the help file and finally the link with the omaura support page.<br>
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							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-about.JPG"></center>
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							- settings page:<br>
							This page allow you to configure the basic parameters of the oled, like the text size, the theme selected for the display, the language etc. this page is devided into 4 pages (General, Messages, Themes, Weather(<b>beta</b>)).<br>
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							General:
							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-tools-general.JPG"></center>
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							Messages:
							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-tools-messages.JPG"></center>
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							Themes:
							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-tools-themes.JPG"></center>
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							Weather
							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-tools-weather.JPG"></center>
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							The last point of this interface part will talk about the navigation buttons. There are 2 kind of navigation pannel:<br>
							- the "normal" navigation pannel:
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							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-navigation.JPG"></center>
							[<] to launch the omaura website, [status] to access the status page, [update] to access the update page, [about] to access the about page, [>] to access the configuration pages.<br>
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							- the "tools" navigation pannel:<br>
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							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-navigation-tools.JPG"></center>
							[<] to save the configuration and go back to the status page, [restore] to restore the default theme: Omaura(Default)
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							- config file structure:<br>
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							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-config.ini.JPG"></center>
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								Ft: Font type: font used to display text on the oled pannel<br>
								Fts: Font Size: size associated to the previous font type, this is the Default size (Medium)<br>
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								OIE: Oled Is Enable: value 0 (disable), value 1 (enable);<br>
								OBIE: Oled Background Enable: value 0 (disable), value 1 (enable);<br>
								Lang: Language: this is the default interface language for the theme<br>
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								LOIE: LogO Is Enable: value 0 (disable), value 1 (enable); this parameters allow to display an animated logo at the launch and at the shut down of the software.<br>
								TS: Text Size: value 0 (small), value 1 (Medium), value 2 (big); this affect the Font Size for the text displayed on the oled; small = Fts - 2 pixels, medium = Fts + 0 pixels, big = Fts + 2 pixels. <br>
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								PaTT: Path To Theme: this parameter indicate the location of your theme pictures (cf. folder image in the theme structure)<br>
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								WTIC: Weather Temperature In Celcius: value 0 (Fahrenheit degree), value 1 (Celcius degree)<br>
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								SMT: Start Message Text: this is the message which will be displayed on the oled pannel when the Oled software is launch (& LOIE = 0)<br>
								EMT: End Message Text: this is the message which will be displayed on the oled pannel when the Oled software is closing (& LOIE = 0)<br>
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								xI: x position for Icon: define the position of the play/pause/stop/ff/rw/record icon display on the oled pannel<br>
								yI: y position for Icon: define the position of the play/pause/stop/ff/rw/record icon display on the oled pannel<br>
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								xT: x position for Text: define the position of the title/start message/end message text on the oled pannel<br>
								yT: y position for Text: define the position of the title/start message/end message text on the oled pannel<br>
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								xCl: x position for Clock: define the position of the clock text on the oled pannel<br>
								yCl: y position for Clock: define the position of the clock text on the oled pannel<br>
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								xTim: x position for Timer: define the position of the time display on the oled pannel<br>
								yTim: y position for Timer: define the position of the time display on the oled pannel<br>
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								PBWM: ProgressBar With Marker: value 0 (standard progress bar), value 1 (progress bar with line at 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%)<br>
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							- script file structure:<br>
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								TimeCu: Time Current: this is the format used to display the clock on the oled pannel.<br>
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								CallID: Call Id: this is the text format and the information displayed when receiving a phone call.<br>
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								DVDPla: DVD Play: format and data of the information display during the playback of a DVD.<br>
								DVDTim: DVD Time: format of the time display during the playback of a DVD.<br>
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								Videos: Videos playback: format and data of the information display during the playback of a video.<br>
								VideoT: Videos Time: format of the time display during the playback of a video.<br>
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								AudioC: Audio CD: format and data of the information display during the playback of a CD.<br>
								AuCDTi: Audio CD Time: format of the time display during the playback of a CD.<br>
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								AudioM: Audio Music: format and data of the information display during the playback of a music file.<br>
								AuMuTi: Audio Music Time: format of the time display during the playback of a music file.<br>
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								TVLive: TV Live: format and data of the information display when watching TV.<br>
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								TVReco: TV Recorded: format and data of the information display when watching recorded TV.<br>
								TVRecT: TV Recorded Time: format and data of the time display when watching recorded TV.<br>
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								Pictur: Pictures: format and data of the information display when watching pictures.<br>
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								Radio : Radio: format and data of the information display when Radio is on in mediacenter.<br>
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							- theme structure:<br>
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							The themes for the oled display are placed in the folder: "install directory/Resources/Themes"<br>
							In this folder there is a text file (ThemesList.txt) referencing all the currents themes.<br>
							Each theme has the same structure: one folder with the theme name,<br>
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							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-themesfolders.JPG"></center>
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							Inside the theme folder there is 3 files and 1 folder:<br>
							- config.ini is the config file for this theme: so each theme can have their own settings like font use for text, size, positions of the elements etc.<br>
							- Description.txt: a quick description of the theme to be previewed in the configuration interface.<br>
							- Preview.bmp: a picture to use as preview in the configuration interface. the size of this image is 256x64 pixels.<br>
							- the Img folder:<br>
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							<center><img src="./resources/omauraoled-themefolder.JPG"></center>
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							This Img folder is the base of a theme, it includes all the background and the icons, which are going to be displayed on the oled during the mediacenter navigation. Their is exactly 15 bmp images: 9 backgrounds images(256x64 pixels - 16colors), 6 icons(32x32 pixels - 16 colors).<br>
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							- omaura web site:<br>
							- omaura support:<br>
							- omaura oled f.a.q:<br>
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